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While there is no conclusive answer as of yet about the perpetrators of the Erawan shrine bombing in Bangkok and their motives, one thing that needs to be stressed is that it will do more harm than good if the government's investigation fails to examine the hard evidence, and instead aims to minimise the economic repercussions.
There are three main scenarios that might have led to this worst-ever explosion in Thailand, which killed 20 people and wounded more than 130 in one single attack.
The first suspects are Malay-Muslim militants in southern Thailand,...

WHAT IS MARA PATANI ?
Note* This is the English version of the original Malay article : APAKAH DIA MARA PATANI ? recently posted in the Deep South Watch - (http://www.deepsouthwatch.org/node/7204)
On May 11 2015 the ISARA NEWS AGENCY, and the BANGKOK POST on May 17 2015 reported the formation of what is known as MAJLIS AMANAH RAKYAT PATANI or Mara Patani. A Deep South peace academician, Asst.Professor Dr. Srisompob also mentioned about Mara in his interview for an internet TV "Thaivoicemedia" on May 17 2015. It was cited as a Malaysian proposal, being the facilitator in the peace...

**This is the English version of the Malay article posted on 1 April 2015 : Tragedi Thung Yang Daeng boleh jejaskan proses damai - http://www.deepsouthwatch.org/node/7010 .
Last week, once again a bloody tragedy rocked Patani. The tremor that spreads throughout the entire corners of the world is a constant reminder that inhumane acts by the so called "The people's defender of peace", i.e. the Thai security apparatus, are still rampant.
No detailed account is required for the brutal attack by the Thai security forces on innocent civilians towards the evening of 25 March 2015 at Tok Chud...

JIRAPORN BUNNAG - Our Last Encounter
( Dedicated to Phi Jae@ Jiraporn Bunnag - a peace advocate of the Deep South )
Our initial impression of her when we first met was, how could a lady with this small stature understand the sufferings of the underprivileged people of the Deep South, when she has spent most of her carrier years in the centre of power so far away? How could she discover the bitter truth of how a people not of her own kind and race would fare in their day-to-day lives in a region plagued with prolonged political unrest ?
It took us only a few hours of sitting and listening...

Patrick Barron
Regional Director for Conflict and Development Program, The Asia Foundation
In 2004, a generations-old subnational conflict re-erupted in the Deep South of Thailand. With almost 7,000 people killed in the past decade, in a region that is home to less than 3% of Thailand’s population, the conflict is currently the most deadly in Southeast Asia. What role might transitional justice play in helping nudge the South towards peace? Answering that question requires understanding what transitional justice is, how it has worked elsewhere, and how it fits with the current context in...

WALKING THE PATH OF PEACE -Phase-2
(An English translation of MENITI JALAN DAMAI -Fasa 2 http://www.deepsouthwatch.org/node/6884
A speech for PEACE MEDIA DAY at PATANI @ Prince of Songkhla University, Patani Campus - 28 February 2015)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Most Compassionate.
Mr. Chairman,
Distinguished guests,
Ladies and gentlemen,
Peace be upon you all.
Praise be to Allah, once again here I am at this prestigious venue after one year to voice our opinion regarding the latest development in the peace dialogue process of Patani. For this I would like to thank...

Mr.Abdul
It was an interesting article of net surfers. This article was online by a moderate popular website. It presented the article topic : IO “Cross the line” in Southern border provinces. This article was written by a senior author to publicize in the website on November 18, 2014
I am the author strongly believed that not quite a bit of people doubted of “IO” meaning and some of them has already known but raised a question why IO has been used in the area of Southern border provinces although this area is the area of conflict of people who have different opinions...

Mr. Abdul
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The new government led by the Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-ocha has given priority to solve the problems in the southern border provinces as a concrete and focus on the relevant authorities to respond the policy in the same framework and direction lead to the end-state of a lasting success. Avoid duplication in practice. The operation is fast by reducing the procedure and manner of obstacles. The solution is solved to respond the needs of local people emphasize on the participation of all sectors especially the public sector in the 3 southern border...

Chaiwat Satha-Anand
The Paris march for unity on Sunday, January 11, 2015 attracted more than a million people and world leaders including Germany’s Merkel, Britain’s Cameron, Turkey’s Davutoglu, Israel’s Netanyahu, and Palestine’s Abbas, among others. This extraordinary action by leaders and citizens is in response to perhaps the bloodiest week in the last half of a century in France with 17 dead. It began with the killing of 12 people at a previously little known satirical magazine “Charlie Hebdo.” French President Francois Hollande warned that the threat facing France is not over, even...

A brainstorming session of activists working in Thailand’s Deep South was a venue to discuss and explore peace possibilities. Gen. Nakrob believed the discussion will move forward while a number of academics/rights activists passed on recommendations to the government. Meanwhile, civil society asked to have more participation and challenge society “what can you do?”
An article adapted from a public discussion of civil society on On the (Peace) Road Again: Pa(t)tani in New Conditions as part of the Communication, Conflicts and Peace Processes : Landscape of Knowledge from Asia and the Deep...